Nivea Mattifying Day Care Moisturizer

For those who have oily to combination skin I believe I found a really good moisturizer for you to try out! A moisturizer is essential for both dry or oily skin. If you got oily skin and believe that moisturizing your face will make it more oily you are wrong! When you cleanse your face and don't use a moisturizer to moisturize it your skin will start producing its own oils. In order to prevent your skin from producing more oil  we have to apply a bit of moisturizer to keep our skin hydrated for the day. 

This is the moisturizer that I use currently use. This moisturizer is suited for those who have oily to combination skin. This moisturizer is made out of a oil- free formula and is  suppose to moisturize while it mattifies the look of your skin and reduces it's shine. This product claims that it won't clog your pores and will leave your skin looking healthy, beautiful, shine free and matte. 

To start off I'm going to say I'm really loving this moisturizer. Some moisturizers I used in the past did leave my skin oily and greasy looking. This moisturizer works with my skin to help keep it matte and shine free. I wear this moisturizer underneath my makeup and I feel like it helps keep my face and makeup looking fresh all day long. 

This moisturizer is made with ocean algae and hydra IQ. Ocean algae contains compounds, sea minerals, antioxidants that offers many benefits for our skin.  Ocean algae helps prevent wrinkles, dark circles, under eye puffiness, dull skin, it soothes irritation, and is enriched with antioxidants and helps with acne and breakouts. I have been using this moisturizer for a while and my skin just looks more  healthier, hydrated and glowy (if that's even a word). 

Overall, I'm really loving this stuff! Great product! 

Beauty 101: Growing Long Healthy Hair

Uses of olive oil to make your hair grow faster:

Last post for today!  Thought I would blog about what my hair has gone through for the past year ... 

So my hair has been previously processed with with bleaching and lightening a couple of times which is very damaging to your hair(I have pretty strong hair since it had been bleached allot of times in the past year and its surprising to me that it never fell out!). I went  to the salon and got an ombre done to my  hair the first time and I liked it for a while then I went back to black hair then dyed it ombre again by myself and now I'm back to black! I know I must be hair bipolar or something! Well now I'm deciding to stick to my natural hair colour and I'm not thinking of dying it again for at least a long while...

So I went and chopped half my hair off to get rid of all the damaged ends. I now have to let my hair grow out healthy. I usually get trims every 4 - 6 months. If I go to the hair salon before 4 months it would be most likely be to just get face framing layers.  I don't like going to get trims that often so in order to keep my hair healthy and nourished I usually deep condition it with olive oil.  Olive oil provides many benefits for your hair and even your skin!

I have started using olive oil for the past year since I got my hair lightened with bleach and wanted to keep it healthy. Olive oil has proven to me that it is really effective at keeping hair healthy. I didn't really see that many spilt ends or discovered any breakage after all the bleaching my hair had gone through. Olive oil helped my hair become really soft and silky. Olive oil is also effective at making your hair grow faster (not even kidding).

The benefits I found are listed on this site 

Hot towel hair treatment  every 2 - 4 weeks using Olive Oil (This is what I usually do):

1. First I warm up the olive oil
2. Wait at least 3 - 5 min for it to cool down  just a little (don't want to burn yourself!)
3. I then distribute it evenly onto my hair
4. I then I grab a towel and run it under really warm water 
5. Now I wrap my hair with the towel and let it sit for at least 20 - 30 mins
6. Lastly, I wash out all the oil from my hair with my shampoo and condition it with a conditioner
7. After  you do this you will discover how soft your hair feels and how silky it looks! 

Drug Store Lip & Eye Product Swatches & Reviews

These are some drug store products I'm loving right now. I'm loving these summer lip colours and this neutral eyeshadow quad by Marcelle.

All of these lip products are nicely pigmented and really creamy and moisturizing. Here are the swatches of the lip products. Starting from the top:

1.  Loreal Intense: Color Riche 288 Intense fuchsia  (it also has written on it that it is for brunettes. I believe this line has created shades for different people according to their hair color/skintype which is pretty good so that its easier to figure out what colour is right for you). This is a really nice fuchsia colour. This colour is really good to wear for the summer. 
2. Rimmel: Kate Moss Lipstick number 90 (Black packaging). This is a really nice raspberry red colour. These lipsticks I find are so creamy and moisturizing. They look matte on your lips but don't dry out or look chalky at the end of the day. 
3. Rimmel Lasting lip pencil: 049 Natural This lipstick is a natural nude. It pairs nicely with the Kate Moss lipstick in the colour 105.
4. Rimmel: Kate Moss 105 This is a nice nude colour with a pink undertone. 
5. Rimmel: Apocalips Lip Lacquer: 101 celestial This is a really nice everyday lip colour. This lip product is so creamy and feels like some kind of a lip moisturizer.  I believe this is more of a lipstick than a lipgloss. I'm really loving this product and there are other really nice bold and neutral shades this line offers.  It stays on for a long time and doesn't fade quickly. This one didn't leave a stain on my lips but the bold colours might will. I want to buy some more colours!!

These are the swatches from the Marcelle Eyeshadow Quad. I'm really liking this quad. These are just neutral shades of eyeshadow colours that you can use for your everyday makeup looks.

Olay Fresh Effects: Shine Shine Go Away Cleanser Review

So, to start off I'm going to say I'm REALLY loving this cleanser and the electrical cleansing brush that comes with it.

To let everyone know my skin type is:

• Oily to combination skin
• Sensitive to some facial cleansers and does get irritated

I picked up this Olay Fresh Effects - Shine minimizing cleanser from the drug store 2 days ago and I'm already loving it.  The box kind of caught my attention so I was so impulsive to buy it.  I have oily to combination skin and  I do get annoyed by the shine some cleansers leave so I was excited to try this out to see if this does what it says it does. This cleanser is suppose to leave your skin feeling clean and shine free.

I'm going to say that I believe it really does what it says it does! After cleansing my face with this cleanser my face felt SOO CLEAN, refreshed, and it left a healthy glow. The electrical brush that came with it is really good at removing all that  build up dirt and makeup! The bristles of the brush are like rubber which gently massages and exfoliates your skin to give you that really clean, refreshing feel and healthy glow.  Overall, I'm loving this duo and recommend it to those with oily to combination skin like me.

Marc Jacobs - Magic Marc'er Precision Pen Eyeliner

This is the Magic Marc'er Precision Pen Eyeliner by Marc Jacobs. Usually I use liquid eyeliner that comes with the brush to apply eyeliner on and I don't really have a problem with it. This a precision eyeliner marker which makes applying on your eyeliner more easier without any hassle. I don't think you can make a mistake with this eyeliner pen (I just hate it when I mess up on drawing my eyeliner and then try to correct it without starting all over). If your looking for that eyeliner that can save you the hassle and patience for getting that perfect winged eye I believe this is it.

This eyeliner doesn't smudge it lasts all day long and comes out really black. There could be some alternative drug store brands that can compare to this eyeliner. I will try to find out which compares to this one. So far I'm liking this eyeliner and use it frequently.

Two Faced Beauty Blogger Darlings

These are the 4 two faced products that beauty bloggers rave about and love the most.  So I decided to try them out for myself  since I haven't and see what I like about these products.

This is the 'Two Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer.' This bronzer has no shimmer to it which is the first thing I look for when buying a bronzer. This bronzer smells like chocolate almost makes you want to eat it. It feels really smooth and applies on really nice and matte. It is a nice bronzer you can use to contour your face with. It isn't an all over bronzer since its a bit too dark and would end up making your face look muddy in my opinion.

This is the 'Two Faced - Better Than Sex Mascara.'  I got to say the excitement is real this is by far the best mascara I ever tried.  At first the brush kind of made me skeptical since it was a bit chunky but as soon as I applied one coat of mascara onto my eyelashes my eyelashes looked 10x  more voluminous. The mascara is really dark which I'm also loving. As soon as you apply the second coat it'll  wow you!  You won't need fake eyelashes if you apply this on your eyelashes. I applied this without curling my eyelashes and it does give my eyelashes a curl as well.  There is a bit of clumping with this mascara but I don't really mind it. Overall, I love this mascara and I'm probably going to purchase this in a bigger size.

This is 'Two Faced - Primed and Poreless smoothing Primer.'   I'm not really a fan of this one. I find this primer to be alright. When I apply it onto my face it does make my face smooth before applying on my foundation but it just doesn't really impress me. My foundation just does not set with this applied on underneath. It's just not for my skin. I find my skin looking oily and it just doesn't look right to me when I used this primer. This primer just does not compare to the one I always use which is the 'Rimmel Fix and Perfect Pro Primer.'

This is the 'Two Faced - Shadow Insurance Anti - Crease eyeshadow primer.'  I don't wear eyeshadow on the regular but when I do I would love to use this primer. This is a great primer and it allows my eyeshadow to last all day long. This is definitely worth a try!


I purchased this box of two faced products from Sephora. The products are all mini sized so you can try them out and purchase the regular sized one if you like any of them.

Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipsticks: Violet

So I fell into the Hype and picked up one of the Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick from Sephora. Bite beauty is a Canadian company that manufactures their lipsticks with all natural ingredients which are safe enough to eat. The lipstick that I purchased is in the colour 'Violet.' The colour is similar to the lipstick 'Flat Out Fabulous' by MAC except this lipstick has more of a pink undertone instead of a blue undertone.

I find this lipstick so creamy and moisturizing on my lips. I love how pigmented this lipstick is and overall I find this lipstick just amazing. This lipstick lasts on my lips for more than 3 hours and leaves a nice stain when it fades or when you try to take it off.

This line of lipsticks provides you with a beautiful colour selection.  I want to purchase all of the colours!

Simple Spring/Summer Inspired Makeup

For spring and summer the most beautiful pop of colours you can wear are Pinks, Corals, Orchids, Lavendars 

What I used

Foundation: Mac prolongwear  NC40

Concealer: Studio finish NC 30

Eyeliner: Almay Liquid Eyeliner

Waterline: Rimmel White Khol eyeliner pencil

Mascara: ELF 3 in 1 

Blush: Breathless by Buxom

Bronzer: Urban Decay Flushed Palette 

Lips: NYX Matte Lip colour

Eyeshadow: ELF 100 piece eyeshadow Palette 

Beauty On a Budget: Elf Cosmetics Review

On my face: 

ELF studio matte lip colour in tea rose

ELF 3 in 1 mascara

ELF Precision Eyeliner (so difficult for me to apply it since the brush bristles stick out)

ELF Eyeshadow from their 100 eyeshadow palette 

So I'm finally going to review all the ELF products I recently purchased a while back ago. ELF cosmetics is a company that sells its makeup for really cheap prices. Their makeup products and applicators cost around $1.00 - $15.00.  You can find ELF products on their  website. If you live in the United States you can find their products at Target I believe. I live in Canada and I never really saw any ELF cosmetics in our Target stores.

My overall rating for these products would be 7/10. I believe most of the products I've purchased are really good however there are some things about some products I didn't like. 

This is the Elf Studio 3 in 1 mascara. This mascara is suppose to voluminize, lengthen, and define your eyelashes. To start off I'm going to say I LOVE the brush applicator that comes with this mascara. The brush makes it easy to apply your mascara on your eyelashes. I find that the brush separates and helps get the mascara right on my eyelashes and I found that the brush somehow also helps extend them. The brush applicator is also amazing for your bottom eyelashes as well. 

This mascara also voluminze and defines your eyelashes.  I find that this mascara takes longer to dry which makes it easier to put a couple of coats of mascara onto your eyelashes before it dries off. I find that if I put a few coats of this mascara onto my eyelashes it does give them the desired volume and depth I want. So far I'm loving this mascara and for the price of this mascara I believe its definitely worth a try. 

I also purchased their ELF Studio Lotion wipes in coconut vanilla scent. These wipes are infused with Aloe vera, vitamin E, cocoa butter, soy, ginkgo biloba,  coconut milk,  and sweet almond oil. All the ingredients listed in this product are naturally suppose to be hydrating and nourishing.  I find that these wipes are moisturizing and nourishing.  Usually I like using these when I'm taking my makeup off and cleansing my face at the end of the day. I believe for the price of these wipes they are worth it 

and I have no complaints. 

This is the ELF 100 piece eyeshadow set. This set contains many different shades for creating dramatic looks, natural looks, creating natural or dramatic smokey eyes. I find the colours to be nicely pigmented. I'm liking this palette. If you are looking for a variety of nicely pigmented eyeshadow shades to wear this palette is for you. For the price of this palette is definitely worth a try. To make these eyeshadows last longer and appear more radiant try using a good eyeshadow primer  for your eyelids before you apply these eyeshadows.

This is the ELF Studio matte lip colour. The colour that I purchased is in tea rose. This colour is a natural mauve colour you can wear everyday. I'm liking this colour and find it to be nicely pigmented, however, I find that it doesn't really last on my lips for that long. This lipstick  has good pigment and there also a variety of other colours you can try out.

This is a swatch of the ELF studio Matte lip colour in tea rose. 

This is the ELF Studio Glossy Gloss in 'salmon.' This is a really nice lip gloss. I like this lip gloss paired with the ELF Studio matte lipstick in 'tea rose.' It is also really nice by itself and I love how pigmented this lipgloss is. They also provide this lipsticks in other different colours that I would love to purchase.  This lip gloss is moisturizing and isn't sticky at all. 

This is the ELF Studio makeup mist & set spray. It is suppose to help set your makeup for the day. I love this set spray and its definitely worth a try. My makeup stays set throughout the day and doesn't wear off. I feel like this spray makes my makeup look better it just does that final touch. This is definitely worth a shot so you can see for yourself. When I purchased this set spray I looked up other reviews for this set spray and some were complaining about the smell. The one I received  didn't really have any strong scent.

This is the ELF Studio Flawless Concealer Brush. For the price of this brush I find that the quality of the brush is really good from their studio line. The bristles are really soft and aren't hay like Personally,  I find the brush bristles too large  and fluffy to apply on my concealer. This brush does work well when you want to blend in your eyeshadow. The quality of the brush is really good but I personally feel like its not meant for applying on concealer. 

This is the ELF Studio baked bronzer in St. Lucia. I don't like this bronzer. This bronzer doesn't have enough pigment in it to show up on my face and it has shimmer to it which I'm not liking. This bronzer comes in other different shades as well that you can try out if you want. I won't purchase this bronzer again and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. 

This is the ELF Studio Precision Liquid Eyeliner. I like the eyeliner, however, I'm not liking the brush that came with the eyeliner. The brush bristles stick out and the brush isn't that thin so it makes it difficult to get that straight eyeliner line you want. 

This is the  ELF Makeup Lock & Seal. The purpose of this product is to lock and seal your eyeshadow and lipstick. I don't find that this does lock in my lipstick or eyeshadow.

 These are the two false eyelash kits I purchased. The ELF Studio VIP eyelash Kit comes with clear eyelash glue, 2 false eyelashes, lash applicator clip, and an eyelash stand. The other eyelash kit I bought was the  ELF Natural Eyelash Kit and comes with only the glue. I actually like the eyelashes  in this kit I find that theVIP false eyelashes give your lashes a really dramatic look and its not for me.  I don't like the glue that comes with both of these false eyelash kits at all. The eyelashes won't stick to my lids even for a second. If you want these eyelashes you can purchase them but you will have to purchase a different eyelash glue to make these eyelashes stick to your eyelids. 

This is a white eyeliner I purchased from ELF. Its called the  ELF Eye Widner Pencil.  I purchased this pencil to wear on my on my bottom water line. I find its not that pigmented and doesn't really go on my water line that easily. 

This is the ELF Eyelash Curler I purchased. I like this eyelash curler, it gives my eyelashes a long lasting curl. 

 These are normal blending sponges you can purchase anywhere from target or any other drug stores in your area.  These blending wedges are used to pat on your concealer or foundation onto your face. If you drag it around your face it will give you a streaky look and it is difficult to blend your makeup onto your face with these blending wedges if you do that.   If you try applying foundation with these it actually soaks up all your foundation instead of helping it blend onto your skin. I don't really use these all the time just at times when I feel like my concealer  needs a little touch up.  

This is the ELF Waterproof Eyeliner Pen. When I first tried to apply this onto my eyelids the eyeliner didn't work. I won't be purchasing this product again... 

And lastly, This is the ELF Hyper Shine Lipgloss. I don't really like this lipgloss I find that this lip gloss dries out my lips and it is a little sticky. 

And that's the review for all of the ELF products I purchased recently.  I found that some of their products are really good and some aren't. These products are good to experiment with because they aren't that expensive. 

A Twisted Maxi Skirt

I'm obsessed with long maxi skirts. Now that summer is coming up this outfit is so wearable for the season. Here is how I would dress my maxi skirt.

Crop top - H and M

Accessories - H and M

Tote Bag - Michael Kors

Maxi Skirt - Daily Look

Wedged Sandals - Aldo

Booties - Aldo